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The congressional subcommittee that declined to reform farm subsidies has failed U.S. taxpayers and consumers by maintaining wrongheaded approach to agriculture. The regional news media hasn’t helped, either, in failing to keep readers up to date on this big, unsexy issue.

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Joining a CSA leads to learning about new (to me) produce. Kohlrabi has become a favorite, and it can be eaten raw, sauteed, stir-fried and other ways.

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In Real Food: What to Eat and Why, Nina Planck blames today’s obesity, heart disease, stroke and diabetes on food products created in the 20th century, products that change what nature made. She proposes eating lots of fruits and vegetables and avoiding processed foods and foods produced through industrial methods.

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Real Food: What to Eat and Why by Nina Planck proposes that the modern health issues result from industrial foods. That is, food that has been cultivated and processed using intensive chemical and physical processes unknown or unused before the 20th century. She says a return to eating grass-fed and pastured animals and their products-and away from Omega 6 intensive vegetable and corn oils as well as transfats-will restore the health of U.S. eaters. She fails to adequately address the role of inactive lifestyles, however.

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It’s happened to you: The bowl, especially that handy stainless steel bowl, insists on spinning as you stir or as you run your hand-held electric mixer in it.
The solution is simple. Put a fabric or silicone hot pad or a folded towel underneath the offending spinner. Voila! Problem solved. Same solution works for a wiggly [...]

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When the market lacks strawberries, rhubarb fills in as an excellent dessert. Here, we give the recipe for Rhubarb Fool.

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